SA L IX lanceolata.
Sharp-leaved Tviandrous Willow.
DIOECIA Diandria.
Gen. Char. Male, Cal. the scales of a catkin. Cor.
none. Nectary a gland a! the base of the stamina.
Siam. 1— 5. Female, Cal. and Neel, like the male.
Cor. none. Stigmas 2. Caps, superior, of 1 cell
and 2 valves. Seeds downy.
Spec. Char. Stamina three. Leaves lanceolate, tapering
toward each ,end, serrated, smooth. Footstalks
decurrent. Germen on a stalk.
Syn. Salix undulata. Ehrh. Arb. 108?
T h i s is one of those Willows omitted in the Flora Britan-
nica for want of sufficient observations at that time to determine
it as a species. It has long been observed by Mr. Crowe,
and is perhaps not uncommon. We have lately received specimens,
gathered wild in Sussex, from Mr. Woollgar of Lewes,
accompanied with many intelligent remarks upon this species,
as well as several varieties (as they appear to us) of the foregoing,
and some others.
This grows to a small tree, casting its bark like the last, and
flowering in April or May. It is easily distinguishable by its
much longer, more pointed and tapering leaves, as well as stipulas,
and particularly by the base of the footstalk running down remarkably
along the branch. The leaves have often a small pair
of leaflets at their base. The germen is more constricted and
pointed than in S. triandra, but in other respects the parts of
fructification nearly accord.
Basket-makers, as Mr. Woollgar informs us, know this
well from S. triandra, and do not esteem it so much, as
the rods when peeled are apt to split in working; but they
are very good for brown hampers, crates, See.
This is very near Ehrhart’s S. undulata, but his leaves are
more rounded at the base, nor do we see how the name applies
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